Firefighters to remain at Averies Recycling plant in Swindon ‘for some days’ following ‘significant‘ fire.

Sainsbury’s Cannock store has become the ‘UK’s first supermarket’ to run on power generated solely from food waste.

From 1 August, Parkwood landfill in Sheffield will stop accepting ‘active waste’ so restoration works can be completed.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources industry, including: GPS Group, Isys Interactive Systems and Simply Cups.

Members of the waste and resources industry have written to government over concerns of an apparent waste ‘infrastructure gap’.

SITA UK and Forth Ports Ltd announce plans to create a ‘major recycling and resource management hub’ at the Port of Tilbury.

The removal of 3,000 tonnes of waste from an illegal waste site in the Midlands could cost £1 million, says Environment Agency.

Wales’s Minister for Natural Resources, John Griffiths, urges businesses to respond to collection guidance consultation.

WRAP has launched the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sustainability Action Plan in a bid to improve the efficiency of electrical products.

A round-up of this week’s business news including Tamar Energy, Biffa, PDM, PyroPure and DHL Envirosolutions.